Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

(2007)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 141 votes

Genres: Western, Drama, History, телевизионный фильм, War

Year: 2007

Runtime: 125 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Yves Simoneau

Cast: Анна Пэкуин, Chevez Ezaneh, Аугуст Шелленберг, Duane Howard, Айдан Куинн, Колм Фиори, Fred Thompson, Nathan Lee Chasing Horse, Wayne Charles Baker, Brian Stollery

Plot

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.

In the 1880s, after the U. S. Army's defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the government continues to push Sioux Indians off their land. In Washington, D.C., Senator Henry Dawes introduces legislation to protect Native Americans rights. In South Dakota, school teacher Elaine Goodale joins Sioux native and Western-educated Dr. Charles Eastman in working with tribe members. Meanwhile, Lakota Chief Sitting Bull refuses to give into mounting government pressures.